134 Best Birthday Wishes for Brothers to Brighten His Day

If you're lucky enough to have a brother as your built-in best friend, you know exactly what it's like to experience the rollercoaster of sibling relationships. They may know exactly how to push your buttons, but the bond you share is undeniable. The Drummond kids are the perfect example! While Paige tends to be more like her brothers Bryce and Jamar, Alex has said she and her brother Todd are practically twins in spirit. And when the time comes to celebrate one another, they make sure to show it—even if it's something as simple as a sweet Instagram shout-out.

So, if you're gearing up to celebrate a sibling's birthday, you've come to the right place. Here, you'll find all the best birthday wishes for brothers to make him feel truly special on his big day! This list pairs sentimental birthday messages with heartwarming family quotes. There are also silly birthday wishes for all those brothers who are kings of dad jokes. Plus, these ideas are perfect for that bonus sibling, whether through marriage or simply time spent with your family.

Just don't forget to grab them a present too—there are so many great ideas for everyone, like brother-in-law gifts, some nifty gifts for men, and even gifts for teenage boys. Which one of those groups is harder to shop for? The world may never know. 😂

• If being the best brother were a competition, you'd win every time. Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday to the one who never fails to crack me up!
• Wishing my first best friend the best day ever.
• Another year older, but still sharper than ever. Happy birthday!
• Hope your special day is as wonderful as you make life!
• Cheers to another trip around the sun!
• ​​Let's get this party started! Happy birthday, bro!
• To the rarest gem I know—Happy Birthday!
• Happy birthday to the one who's been protecting my peace since day one.
• Happy born day, brother!
• This year is going to be one for the books. Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday! Can't wait to watch you crush it this year!
• Happy cake day to my built-in best friend!
• Here's to an amazing brother and an even more amazing birthday!
• I hope you get the best gifts this year. You deserve it!
• I laugh harder, smile bigger, and live better because of you. Happy birthday!
• Wishing the happiest birthday to the one I love to bicker with most!
• Happy birthday to the one who made growing up way more fun.
• To my favorite partner in crime (and chaos)—here's to another wild year!
• Today’s about celebrating you, the best guy I know.
• Happy birthday and happy cake day, bro! Don’t forget to share a slice with me!
• Here’s to another year of being awesome. Love you, bro! Have a great birthday!
• Wishing you the happiest birthday filled with love, laughter, and a ton of cake!
• Happy birthday! You always find a way to make every moment fun and memorable.
• From pranks to inside jokes, you make life better. Happy birthday, brother!
• To my hero and ride or die—happy birthday! Let’s celebrate you, big time!
• You're not just my brother, you're my lifelong teammate. Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday, brother. You're a gift to everyone around you.
• Feeling grateful I get to call you my brother! Happy birthday.
• To my one-of-a-kind, super cool mentor. Happy birthday, bro!

• Wishing you all the light and love you deserve on your big day. Thanks for being the best mentor a kid could ask for.
• You don't get to choose your siblings, but boy did I luck out. Happy birthday to my best friend, my partner in crime.
• It has been so special to watch you grow into the man, partner, and father you are today. You are an inspiration to us all! Have the best birthday.
• When I asked for a brother I didn't know how lucky I'd end up being. Thanks for all the good memories, and here's to many more!
• We may not have always gotten along, but I'm so glad we stuck it out. I couldn't ask for a better brother.
• I am so proud to call you my brother. You have shaped my life in more ways than one, and I can't wait to see how far you go. Happy birthday!
• To my little brother on his birthday, age doesn't mean a thing—you're one of my biggest inspirations.
• You're my rock, my cheerleader, the guy I can always call to complain to. Have the best day.
• Thank you to the man who's always in my corner and always knows just what to say. We're all so lucky to have you.
• Having you as a brother is better than a thousand friendships. Have the best birthday!
• Having you means I never have to face my problems alone. Nothing beats a sibling relationship like that. Happy birthday to my favorite!
• I know from your friends that you don't reserve your loyalty, kindness, and open heart for just family. You truly make an impact on every person you meet.
• Cheers to my incredible brother! I hope your birthday and entire year are amazing.
• To my dear brother, I’m so excited to see the adventures ahead for you this year. Happy birthday!
• To my number one partner-in-crime, happy birthday! You’re simply the best.
• Sending you love, laughs, and happiness on your birthday and every day. Enjoy!
• Thanks for being my role model and a great brother. Love you—happy birthday!
• Growing up with you made life amazing. Happy birthday, big bro/little bro!
• I hope all your birthday wishes come true! You deserve it!
• Happy birthday! Sibling bonds make everything better—even the crazy moments.
• Here’s to growing up and growing old together! You’ve always been my bestie!
• No matter what life throws at us, you’ve always believed in me. Love you, bro!
• To the best guy and best brother I know: Happy birthday, you deserve the best!
• My brave, strong, and talented brother—how lucky can one sibling get? Happy birthday!
• To the best brother a sibling could ask for, thanks for inspiring me every day. Happy birthday!
• . Through good times and bad times, you never cease to believe in me. I'm so grateful to call you my brother! Have the best day.
• There are few people in this world who know me as deeply as you do. Happy birthday to the best guy I know.

• Someone's getting old! Happy birthday, bro.
• You'll always be my annoying little/big brother, but that's why I love you. Happy birthday!
• We should really be celebrating mom and dad for having to put up with you for another year! Just kidding. Happy birthday!
• Happiest of birthdays to you! Couldn't imagine teasing anyone else on their special day.
• Happy b-day to the only person I didn't mind getting in trouble with growing up.
• Happy birthday to my favorite sibling! (Shh, don't tell!)
• Happy birthday to my favorite brother! (Yes, I know you're my only brother.)
• How do I wish my brother a happy birthday? I promise to leave him alone for 24 hours!
• It's funny when people talk about sibling rivalry—I can't relate! Have the best day!
• Happy birthday! I hope we're still annoying each other in the old folks home.
• You may be older, but I'm still taller! Happy birthday shortie.
• Today we celebrate another birthday with more candles on your cake and fewer hairs on your head!
• From competing as kids to laughing as adults, you make life more fun! Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday, big bro! So, when will I get to be an aunt or uncle?
• To my favorite sibling—thanks for always being by my side. Enjoy your day!
• Happy birthday, bro! Glad you’re here to eat cake and take on life with me.
• Of all the brothers in the world, I seriously lucked out. Happy birthday, champ!
• Turning 21 is a big deal, bro. Get ready to live it up!
• You're my favorite sibling because you'll always be older than me. Thanks for that... and happy birthday!
• Happy birthday, bro. Since I rescued you from being an only child, my presence is your gift.
• Happy birthday to the most special guy I know! Love, the favorite child.
• Happy birthday to my former wombmate!
• Have the best day, brother. Oh, and don't forget to thank our parents—they managed to get you to this age!
• I loved getting to look up to you through childhood. Now you get to look up at me! Happy birthday, old man.
• Wishing my partner in crime the best birthday—always older, never wiser!

• Happy birthday to my bonus brother! Feeling so grateful to have you in my life.
• Thank you for making my sibling so happy. Here's to another trip around the sun!
• Happy birthday to my favorite sibling! (Let's keep that our secret.)
• I can't imagine my family without you. Thanks for being the best brother-in-law!
• Have the best birthday! Thanks for always being the family tiebreaker.
• Happy birthday! You mean the world to my whole family and we're lucky to have you.
• You can't choose your sibling's husband, but I gotta say you were a great pick. Have the best birthday!
• We may not have grown up together, but it has been a joy seeing you grow over the years. Happy birthday!
• You were the best gift my sibling ever gave me. Cheers to a year full of laugh and love!
• My dear brother-in-law, I appreciate you more than you could ever know. What a joy it's been getting to know you through the years.
• Happy birthday to the greatest addition to my family! I'm so lucky to know you.
• You're the best brother a person could ask for because you choose this family every day. Have the happiest birthday.
• A bonus brother is the coolest gift! Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday! You and [sibling] make the best role models. #relationshipgoals
• I don't have the words to express how much you mean to this family. So for now, I'll just have to wish you a very happy birthday.
• How did we ever manage without you in this family? Happy birthday!
• I didn't know something was missing from our family until you came into it. Here's to you! I hope you have the best birthday.

• "Brother and sister, together as friends, ready to face whatever life sends. Joy and laughter or tears and strife, holding hands tightly as we dance through life." —Suzie Huitt
• "Young brothers will often be each other’s best friends. They will laugh together, get into trouble together, and create memories that will last a lifetime." —David Leads
• "There is no love like the love for a brother. There is no love like the love from a brother." —Astrid Alauda
• "Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!" —Nicky Gumbel
• "Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero." —Marc Brown
• "A sibling represents a person's past, present, and future." —John Corey Whaley
• "You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." —Desmond Tutu
• "Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring—quite often the hard way." —Pamela Dugdale
• "Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk." —Susan Scarf Merrell
• "Sibling relationships outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust." —Erica E. Goode
• "From the time we're born, our brothers and sisters are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and our cautionary tales." —Jeffrey Kluger
• "Family is family, whether it's the one you start out with, the one you end up with, or the one you gain along the way." —Unknown
• "Because brothers don't let each other wander in the dark alone." —Jolene Perry
• "He is my most beloved friend and my bitterest rival, my confidant and my betrayer, my sustainer and my dependent, and scariest of all, my equal."—Gregg Levoy
• "Brothers aren’t simply close; brothers are knit together." —Robert Rivers
• "Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference and no matter the issue." —Byron Pulsifer
• "Dear big brother, you may be part of my family, but I will always consider you a friend." —Catherine Pulsifer
• "Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other—they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other." —Leonardo DiCaprio
• "Baby brothers are small. Baby brothers are cute. But they can be a pain, and that is the truth." —Shelia Sweeny Higgingson
• "What strange creatures brothers are!" —Jane Austen
• "A brother is a friend given by nature." —Ernest Legouve
• "Half the time when brothers wrestle, it’s just an excuse to hug each other." —James Patterson
• "Brothers that say they never fight are most definitely hiding something." —Lemony Snicket
• "When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness." —Hesiod
• "There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother… Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too." —Anna Quindlen

• Every day I thank the Lord for making us siblings. I love you!
• God blessed me when he made you my brother. Wishing you the best birthday!
• May God continue to shower you with endless blessings. Happy birthday!
• God sent our family an angel when you were born. Happy birthday to the most amazing brother.
• Keep being the kind and caring person that you are and watch your blessings continue to flow. Happy birthday!
• Friends come and go, but siblings are forever. I’m so blessed to have you as my brother!
• My prayer is that you get everything you want and more, today and always. You deserve the world! Happy birthday.
• Today we celebrate one of God’s greatest creations: you! Happy birthday to the best bro.
• May your celebrations be filled with endless blessings!
• Having you as a built-in best friend is the biggest blessing. Happy birthday!

Micaela Bahn

Micaela Bahn is a freelance editorial assistant and recent graduate from Carleton College, where she majored in English literature. She loves running, photography, and cooking the best new recipes.

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